Some sample questions from this category:
* Bud Billiken day in Chicago?
* What state is the topic of "Be Nice to _______ Week" (name of state), celebrated July 7-13?
* What spot is noted for being the lowest in the United States, geographically speaking?
* What US President was the subject of this joke of the times: Q: "What does a(n) _______ doll do?" A: "Wind it up, and it sits around for four years"?
* What American folk hero fed his horse, Widowmaker, barbed wire and nitroglycerin?
* On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln gave a short, four-minute speech that came to be known as the Gettysburg Address. But he was not scheduled to be the main speaker for the event - who was?
* What Walt Disney character made his/her debut in the 1934 film "The Wise Little Hen"?
* What is the name of the heroine in the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
* Which is the most populous Native American group in North America?
* What was the term used to describe a Northerner sympathetic to the South during the US Civil War?
* In what city did the decisive battle of the American Revolution occur, in October 1781?
* What dim-witted animal is known as the "Texas turkey"?
* What was both the title of a song written by Cole Porter and the title of a biographical movie about him?
* What poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow begins with the line "This is the forest primeval"?
* At one time August was known as Sextilis. What does this word mean?
* What are the flowers of August?
* What are the gemstones for the month?
* Which of these African countries does not have a national day in August?
* In England at one time August the first was known as Lammas Day.
A church service was held during which something was consecrated. What was this item?
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